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So episode 2 covered the rest of chapter 1 from the VN that wasn't in episode 1.

Saitou joining the Roshigumi was good news for them. Saito vs Okita with Saito winning, although it was enjoyable I'm waiting to see their first match.
Saito mysterious about what made him quit going to Shiekan.

They still don't have any sponsors and are a nobodies, the people out there don't trust them either.

Serizawa, since he comes from a wealthy samurai family and has connections, managed to get a meeting where... Yukimura Koudou appears and shows ochimizu!
Niimi (who IRL was a commander like Serizawa and Kondou but got demoted for bad behavior) seems to have plans regarding ochimizu...

Ryunosuke mad because he looked like useless Chizuru...

Spoiler for details not in the anime about this episode:

It didn't cover either Saito or Okita route since in that ones Ryunosuke was the referee and Okita got mad after he lost so he forced Ryunosuke to spar with him (poor Ryunosuke got beaten pretty badly)

A shame they rushed the Honjou-shuku Incident and didn't put the dialogues.

Quote:

Kondou: Serizawa-dono, what are you doing!
Serizawa: I understand I don't have a room to stay. Since it's early Spring and still cold outside, surely starting a bonfire is justified.
Heisuke: Kondou-san turned pale. You know how much Hijikata-san and Souji respected Kondou-san. How would they react when seeing Kondou-san treated this way? Both of them seemed ready to kill Serizawa on the spot. Souji, with the scariest face ever, refused to listen to any reasoning. As for Hijikata-san, although he's trying to stop Souji, he showed even stronger intention to kill Serizawa. The one who stopped them was Kondou-san himself.
Kondou: Stop it! Toshi! Souji!
Heisuke: His voice was so deep and loud. I don't think getting yelled at by Hijikata-san or Sannan-san was ever this scary.
Kondou: Serizawa-dono's anger isn't unreasonable. I'm to blame.
Heisuke: And with these words, Kondou-san knelt down, and did dogesa to Serizawa-san.
Kondou: Serizawa-dono, I take full responsibility of this mistake. I sincerely beg your pardon.
Heisuke: It's the first time I've seen Kondou-san do dogesa to anyone. I felt mortified as well. Indeed it's Kondou-san's fault that he didn't get a room, but must Serizawa-san go this far? How should I say it... It felt like all of us were doing dogesa. But Serizawa-san still didn't forgive him. And...
Hijikata: Stop it, Souji.
Souji: Why? Can't you see what Kondou-san did? Isn't Kondou-san already sincerely apologizing? Then he... How much further does he plan to humiliate Kondou-san!
Hijikata: Enough. I said stop already. Do you want to bring shame upon Kondou-san?
Heisuke: Although Hijikata-san scolded Souji, if the circumstances permit, he would kill Serizawa-san himself. That's why he's not looking at Souji, but staring at Serizawa-san all the time, with eyes so cold that's chilled to the bone.

Yuu is one of Yagi's children, the owner of the place where they are staying. A shame this dialogue wasn't in the episode:

Quote:

Yuu: Hey! The dog over there, have you seen Souji?
Ryu: What the...! Who are you calling "dog"?
Yuu: Aren't you a dog? That uncle named Serizawa said so. Tell me where Souji is. I think he came this way.
Ryu: I'm no dog! Watch your language, little brat!
Yuu: Miser! I'll look for him myself!
The kid ran off.
Ryu: How come even such a kid calls me a dog?
Souji: 'Cause it's a fact.

Liked the ending, your typical Hakuouki ending with mao song and beautiful visuals.

Saitou and Souji's fight was nice. Wonder why Ryounousuke can't raw his sword, seems like he wants to practice or maybe even learn how to. Guess the Roshigumi really need Serizawa's connections, don't see any reason for them to stick with him though. The ochimizu has appeared!

Saito makes an appearance.
Seeing Hijikata smile sure was a rare treat ^-^
Everyone else was pretty excited too.
Well, it was nice seeing them all together.
Ryunosuke seems to be attracting trouble wherever he goes.
His main problem also seems to be the lack of fighting skills.
Can't figure out if he's just scared to fight or has been previously traumatized by something.
All in all, since he's trouble prone, his problem keeps repeating.
Guess we'll finally get to see how the whose rasetsu thing got started.

So they are now officially under Shogunate's protection.
Serizawa made it happen, but everything comes with a price.
I wonder how much that cost...
Ryunosuke playing hero kinda backfired.
He also has a tendency to find himself in interesting situations.
Hijikata and his Rules of Conduct. Pretty strict, but also smart.
Soji was really acting strange throughout the episode.
Serizawa's influence seems to be having an impact on him.

I was waiting for this episode just to see Kosuzu Her voice sounds less annoying than in the game (the same seiyuu) and she is as cute as ever.
Aren't Kosuzu and Ryu made for each other? With that attitude of not being afraid of saying what they think, their hate for samurai and they're both cute.

I could get a glimpse of Sasaki between the Roshigumi members

Poor Shinpachi, Serizawa treats him the nicest but he has to go to his parties in Shimabara

They're accepted by Aizu clan but they still have ways to go. Hijikata made the famous Code not only for the new members, it was a way to limit Serizawa's behavior although he doesn't seem concerned by it.

Okita seems jealous of Saito because he has killed people. He behaved like a little kid during his argument with Hijikata.

With this and last week's release of Toki no Kizuna with Chizuru's hot ancestor and a heroine who fights during the battle of Sekigahara I'm pleased

Well it's not like she's in an upstanding role in society. In fact, she's in a bad spot. (Not wanting to get into the geisha vs "other female profession that they are compared to" arguement. ) To him, she's prob in a very low class and no right to disagree with him so that's why she got what she did.

This is visually such a beautiful anime.
There is no way that any girl wouldn't enjoy this ^^
Kondou - Okita relationship history was interesting.
The flashbacks to his childhood and past were kinda sad.
It felt good watching his be stronger than himself to overcome his situation.
Looks like Serizawa is using Okita for his own little plans. Not good.
This episode was all about Okita Souji.

In real life, Tonouchi had many followers so he was a potential threat to the Roshigumi which was just recently established. These followers ran away after his assassination (like the episode showed, he was assassinated in a bridge) or were wiped out by Serizawa faction.

Next week we won't have an episode. At least the wait is going to be worth it since the preview mentioned the duels for Aizu and showed Kosuzu x Ryu scene.